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NDP, Conservatives, Greens Trade Barbs on Taxes, Health Care B.C. Election Campaign
The plan would add a new bracket for income above $1 million and direct some revenue to hire 500 staff for seniors’ home care, the NDP said.
- On Sunday, NDP Leader David Eby unveiled a tax plan introducing a new bracket for those earning more than $1 million annually, alongside raising rates on two existing high-income brackets to fund health care.
- Conservatives interim leader Lorne Doerkson criticized the policy, alleging it would drive doctors out of British Columbia while announcing a $50 million fund to aid rural medical practices at risk of closure.
- The NDP argued the tax changes only impact the top 4% of earners, noting that average full-time family physicians in British Columbia will still pay lower income taxes than in almost every other province.
- Proceeds from the tax would support seniors, Eby stated, by hiring 500 staff to help about 5,600 more seniors receive at-home care and reviving seven long-term care construction projects stalled by cost concerns.
- Green Leader Emily Lowan panned the NDP plan, proposing instead a wealth tax on households above $50 million, stating it "targets what the ultra-wealthy own, not what they're paid.
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NDP, Conservatives, Greens trade barbs on taxes, health care B.C. election campaign
VICTORIA - Health care and taxes dominate the British Columbia election campaign, with the Conservatives criticizing the NDP’s record, while the Greens panned a New Democrat taxation plan.
·Toronto, Canada
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- 79% of the sources lean Left
79% Left
L 79%
C 21%
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